Udoka Azubuike gets 7 dunks, Kansas tops Stanford

Posted: Fri 12:11 AM, Dec 22, 2017

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) Udoka Azubuike scored his team's initial 10 points and dunked seven times on the way to 24 points, and No. 14 Kansas ran away from Stanford early for a 75-54 victory Thursday night.

Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk and Devonte' Graham each added 14 points as the Jayhawks won their third straight game following defeats to Stanford's Pac-12 foes Washington and Arizona State.

Playing at the NBA Kings' second-year Golden 1 Center with several Sacramento players sitting courtside, Kansas (10-2) had eight dunks and six 3-pointers in the first half alone while shooting 62.5 percent. Both programs wrapped up nonconference play with the second matchup of a four-game series between the schools.

Michael Humphrey had 20 points and seven rebounds for the cold-shooting Cardinal (6-7) as Stanford coach Jerod Haase faced his former school where he starred from 1995-97 under then-Kansas coach Roy Williams.

Azubuike upped his season dunk total to 49, shot 12 for 15 and came into the game ranked second in NCAA Division I field-goal shooting percentage at 77.6 - and raised that to 77.9. He is 88 of 113 over his initial 12 games.

The 7-foot center dunked off the opening tip for his 43rd of the season and quickly slammed home another as he led Stanford all by himself, 10-8, to begin the game. The other Kansas players then got involved and the Jayhawks used a 21-4 run to build a 31-15 advantage - shooting 13 for 18 for 72.2 percent.

Former Kansas star point guard Frank Mason III, this year's AP National Player of the Year and now a rookie with the Kings, was courtside along with some of his Sacramento teammates like Buddy Hield.

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